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WATCH: Matrix stars Laurence Fishburne and Joe Pantoliano reunited at NYCC 2025!

Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus) and Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) joined fans revisit The Matrix at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there to film

Features by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Tue Dec 09 2025

Their roles to free humanity from machine rule may be over, but Laurence Fishburne and Joe Pantoliano's legacy in the Matrix will live forever. Case in point, New York Comic Con 2025, where the Hannibal and Sopranos actor took over the Javits Center for an unmissable panel to anyone who cares about the groundbreaking cyberpunk fantasy saga. But hey, if you couldn't make it (we get it, those weird tub things the machines put you in are comfy), don't fret - Popverse was there, and we filmed the whole thing.

This is one of the numerous panels from New York Comic Con 2025 that Popverse filmed. Consult our New York Comic Con 2025 panel video guide for a list of all of the panels we filmed, and when we'll be releasing them

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.